April 1, 2010 Mark Harrington, founding member and executive director of Treatment Action Group (TAG), a giant in the world of HIV/AIDS treatment and advocacy, can boast about many accomplishments: his paradigm-shifting work on the Treatment and Data committee of…
March 2010 Investments in health research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have paid enormous dividends in the health and well-being of people in the U.S. and around the world. HIV and AIDS research supported by NIH has saved…
Addressing Critical Challenges in TB/HIV Research & Program Implementation 1 December 2009, Cancun, Mexico Introduction About 70 activists, researchers, clinicians and public health experts participated in a TAG/Stop TB Partnership satellite meeting held prior to the 40th Union World Conference…
EMERGENCY COURSE CORRECTION REQUIRED Assessing President Obama’s Response to the Global AIDS Crisis December 1, 2009, marks President Obama’s first World AIDS Day in the White House and the first World AIDS Day for the newly elected Congress. The time…
7/10/2009 By Richard Jefferys On January 8, the Office of AIDS Research convened a two-day workshop to discuss genome-wide association scan (GWAS) studies in HIV infection. GWAS involve studying known variations in the human genetic code (called single nucleotide polymorphisms…
HIV, Tuberculosis, and Viral Hepatitis: Drugs, diagnostics, Vaccines, and Microbicides in Development July 2009 By Lei Chou, Mark Harrington, Bob Huff, Richard Jefferys, Javid Syed, and Claire Wingfield TAG’s annual Pipeline Reportsurveys the developments in medicines and diagnostics most likely…
June 2009 By Lei Chou INTRODUCTION Welcome to this treatment guide for HIV-positive people who also have hepatitis B (HBV). This guide provides information on the prevention, care, and treatment of HBV, and the impact of HBV on HIV disease.…
May 2009 by Lydia H. Guterman Edited by Mark Harrington Executive Summary The goal of this funding analysis is to provide a comprehensive picture of the current state of U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) research investment in HIV/AIDS and…